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12/07/2000 05:25 PM --------------------------- "Michael Gagliardi" <mikegag@dellnet.com< on 12/07/2000 04:14:13 PM To: <DGagliardi@reliantenergy.com<, <David_Ricks@GSDM.com<, <Tony.A.Rogers@fritolay.com< cc: Subject: Fw: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #2 ----- Original Message ----- From: <TruOrange@aol.com< To: <TruOrange@aol.com< Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 3:06 PM Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #2 True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service Volume 9, Fax/E-Mail #2, Thursday, December 7, 2000 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 Jakes Becomes Horns' 20th Pledge, More Expected Soon DL Kaelen Jakes, 6-5, 260, 4.8, of Valencia, California, became Texas' 20th commitment Thursday morning. He said he called UT assistant coach Tim Brewster early Thursday and told him he wanted to play for the Longhorns. Jakes is one of the top defensive line prospects in California. He played nose guard most of last season, but played end for the final few games. He had 60 solo tackles and 14 sacks. In the game I saw on tape, he was playing nose guard and he had seven solo tackles and two sacks while being consistently double-teamed. He told me he doesn't care whether he plays defensive end or defensive tackle. "I just want to play," he said. "I thought all along I probably would wind up at Texas and, after looking at everything, I think Texas is the place for me." He said he had scholarship offers from Colorado, Miami, USC, UCLA, Oregon, Oregon State "and just about everybody else in the Pac 10." He narrowed it down to Texas and California, cancelling a scheduled trip to Miami, then got an in-house visit from Washington coach Rick Neuheisel Tuesday night from Longhorn head coach Mack Brown and Brewster Wednesday morning before picking the Longhorns. Jakes lived in Plano during his junior high years and said he really enjoyed his time in Texas. "I think Texas is building something special," he said, "and I want to be a part of it." James fills an urgent need for Texas. The Longhorns need to sign some defensive linemen and he and Tommy Harris, the big DT at Killeen Ellison, are the only top ones who have been seriously considering Texas. Harris, the nation's top DT prospect, has been leaning toward OU recently, but he was a heavy Texas lean earlier, so there is always a chance he will change again until he signs with someone in February. * * * * WR Montrell Jones, 6-2, 185, 4.4, a national top 100 prospect from Louisville, Ky., Male, says he is seriously considering Texas after backing off an earlier commitment to Kentuckiy. The Longhorns don't need a wide receiver this year unless they can sign a great one. Jones is a great one with good height, great speed and very good moves to go along with great hands. The only other out-of-state prospects who have expressed any interest in Texas lately are TE Marcus Spears of Baton Rouge Southern Lab, DT Marquise Hill of New Orleans De La Salle and RB Eric Shelton of Lexington, Ky., Bryan Station. The two Louisiana stars say they probably will visit Texas and Shelton says he might visit the Longhorns. * * * * FOOTBALL NOTES: The Longhorns are 6-point favorites over Oregon for their Dec. 29 Culligan Holiday Bowl clash in San Diego . . . Look for LB Aurmon Satchell of Denver Jefferson, who signed with Texas last February, but ran into some academic problems with the NCAA's National Clearinghouse, to return to Texas and enroll next month for the spring semester. That would enable him to go through spring practice and it also would keep him from counting against the 25-man limit for the enrolling scholarship players next fall. With 20 commitments already, that is very important. . . TE Brock Edwards and S Lee Jackson both appear to be recovered from the injuries that knocked them out of the last two games last year. They should be ready for the bowl game unless they suffer a setback when practice resumes next week. . . When Arizona hired former UT coach John Mackovic, the first thing that came to my mind was how Mackovic basically threw in the towel after the 66-3 UCLA loss in his final 4-7 season coming on the heels of a 10-2 year that had given the Horns a top 10 pre-season ranking. Fast forward to this season. Mack Brown's Longhorns were a pre-season top 10 team, but OU mauled them, 63-14. Brown said he was embarrassed to be the Longhorn coach and he really went to work to bring the team back from that debacle. What he got was six straight wins, a bowl game and a team that can crack the top 10 in the final poll for the first time in 17 years if it wins its bowl game. That's why he's worth the big bucks and the other quy wasn't. * * * * My next fax will be whenever events warrant. * * * * The True Orange Fax Service includes at least 99 faxes a year and costs $99 ($79 by E-Mail). The True Orange Newsletter includes 26 newsletters and is published weekly during football season and twice monthly during most of the other months. It costs $45. Save by subscribing to both for $130 (or $110 if you take the faxes via E-Mail or $99 if you take the faxes and newsletter via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of page. I also update my 900 number - 1-900-288-8839 - daily with recruiting news. My E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com
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